Top Donors Receive Recognition

at SUNY Chancellor’s Event

State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher on Oct. 28, 2013, celebrated
the inaugural induction of The Chancellor’s Society, which recognizes top donors for
their generous investments in Binghamton University and other SUNY institutions. Thanks
to donors’ philanthropic support, Binghamton University and SUNY are transforming
New York state and the world through the power of public higher education. The recognition
event was held at Battery Gardens Restaurant in New York City.

From left to right: Douglas Johnson, treasurer of the Link Foundation and the Dr.
G. Clifford and Florence B. Decker Foundation; Ferris Akel '59, chairman of the Decker
Foundation; State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher; Gerald Putman '76,
MBA '84, executive director of the Decker Foundation; and Binghamton University President
Harvey Stenger.

Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger (left), with State University of New
York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher (center) and Charles Kim '98, Binghamton University
Foundation board member.

From left to right: Francis Battisti, executive vice president and chief academic
officer/SUNY distinguished service professor at SUNY Broome Community College; Douglas
Johnson, treasurer of the Link Foundation and the Dr. G. Clifford and Florence B.
Decker Foundation; Kevin Drumm, president of SUNY Broome; Catherine Williams, executive
director of the BCC Foundation; Gerald Putman '76, MBA '84, executive director of
the Decker Foundation; Ferris Akel '59, chairman of the Decker Foundation; and Tyrone
Muse, Binghamton University Foundation board member and president and CEO of Visions
Federal Credit Union.

From left to right: Douglas Johnson, treasurer of the Link Foundation and the Dr.
G. Clifford and Florence B. Decker Foundation; Kevin Drumm, president of SUNY Broome
Community College; Gerald Putman '76, MBA '84, executive director of the Decker Foundation;
and Ferris Akel '59, chairman of the Decker Foundation.

From left to right: Francis Battisti, executive vice president and chief academic
officer/SUNY distinguished service professor at SUNY Broome Community College; Tyrone
Muse, Binghamton University Foundation board member and president and CEO of Visions
Federal Credit Union; Catherine Williams, executive director of the BCC Foundation;
Gerald Putman '76, MBA '84, executive director of the Dr. G. Clifford and Florence
B. Decker Foundation; Ferris Akel '59, chairman of the Decker Foundation; State University
of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher; Douglas Johnson, treasurer of the Link Foundation
and the Decker Foundation; Catherine Schwoeffermann, executive director of the Stewart
W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation Inc.; and Kevin Drumm, president of SUNY Broome.